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How does Alonso compare to the F1 greats?
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:14:36 GMT
As two-time world champion Fernando Alonso announces he will not be racing in Formula 1 in 2019, BBC Sport looks at how he compares to the greats.

I think it was a bit silly from maldnando, Hamilton just stuck to the racing line. Maldanado need to back off a little as he was clearly quicker than Hamilton and with a lap and a half to go would have passed Hamilton at some point.

I think it was a bit silly from maldnando, Hamilton just stuck to the racing line. Maldanado need to back off a little as he was clearly quicker than Hamilton and with a lap and a half to go would have passed Hamilton at some point.

Yes my thoughts exactly DD, a more mature driver would have held back for a better place to overtake, it was obvious he was going to get past.

Of course I hope Grosjean will win very soon (please don't laugh, I was a big fan of Lotus when Jim Clark was racing). No doubt Hamilton has been incredibly unlucky (Vettel too). Not my fault if I like Alonso.

For me this is part of the problem, F1 is supposed in theory to be the pinnacle of racing therefore there really shouldn't be any "rookie" drivers just drivers at the top of their game.

Surely that's what feeder series like GP2 are for?

Granted you will get some young drivers who are genuinely talented to make the step early in their careers such as Hamilton was, but generally speaking I think there are too many young drivers brought in to F1 who just aren't ready to make the step up.

About GP2 drivers, Saturday I watched the first race: more a demolition derby than a race...

This is kind of my point GT, by the time drivers get to GP2 they should be at a more advanced stage of their driving career than currently they are, this is the whole point of lower end series like Forluma Ford, Formula Renualt etc. to teach young drivers how to race properly before they get into stupidly fast cars.

The whole problem is drivers are being thrown in at the deep end in very fast cars instead of serving an apprenticeship in the lower end series like they used to in the past.

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